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Hence, in the present study a total of 320 Duroc \u00d7 Landrace \u00d7 Yorkshire weaned pigs were selected and allocated to the following two groups: unfermented diet group (UFD) and fermented diet group (FD). The experimental period lasted 21 days. At the end of the experiment, feces, blood, and gastrointestinal tissue samples (including the stomach, jejunum, and ileum) were collected and used for further analysis. The results of growth performance suggested that the FD group had significantly increased (p &lt; 0.05) average daily feed intake (ADFI) and average daily gain (ADG) during the first week, during the last two weeks, and over the entire three-week period compared with the UFD group. The results of the apparent nutrient digestibility of pigs showed that, compared with the UFD group, the FD group showed increased phosphorus (p &lt; 0.05) and CP (p &lt; 0.1) digestibility. There were no significant differences in the serum biochemical parameters between the UFD and FD groups. Moreover, our results showed that the FD group showed significantly increased gene expression of SGLT1 and PepT1 in the jejunum (p &lt; 0.05). Compared with the UFD group, the FD group showed an increased (p &lt; 0.05) serum orexin level and prepro-orexin (PPOX) expression in the gastric fundus, jejunum, and ileum mucosa and increased IGF-1 and IGFR expression in the jejunum. Collectively, these results indicated that supplementation with fermented feedstuff in the diet effectively enhanced the feed intake and growth of weaned pigs and that this may have been caused by the increased orexin, IGF-1, and IGFR serum levels.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani12101329","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,23]],"date-time":"2022-05-23T22:57:22Z","timestamp":1653346642000},"page":"1329","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Supplementation with Fermented Feedstuff Enhances Orexin Expression and Secretion Associated with Increased Feed Intake and Weight Gain in Weaned Pigs"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Yang","family":"Lu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201106, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ruiyang","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hulong","family":"Lei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201106, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yiqiong","family":"Hang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201106, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Huiqin","family":"Xue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201106, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4413-8637","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xuan","family":"Cai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201106, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yonghong","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201106, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"176","DOI":"10.1016\/j.anifeedsci.2014.08.006","article-title":"Effects of maize conservation techniques on the apparent total tract nutrient and mineral digestibility and microbial metabolites in the faeces of growing pigs","volume":"197","author":"Humer","year":"2014","journal-title":"Anim. 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